Soulless (Parasol Protectorate Series #1)

Prom season is nigh, folks, and if you’re anything like me, you’re going to cha-cha real smooth for about 45 minutes and then leave early because there aren’t any snacks. But just because I spent my prom scouring the premises high and low for a single solitary chip or pretzel doesn’t mean you will (or […]

In Ada Palmer’s first novel, Too Like the Lightning, the history professor tells an ambitious story of a future word on the brink of extraordinary change, when the well-ordered structures of society are poised to collapse under their own weight given the introduction of a young boy who represents something wholly new and unexpected. The […]

We recently provided you with a list of a dozen ongoing urban fantasy series for your binge-reading pleasure, but if there’s one thing we know about this addictive fantasy subgenre, it’s that it can often seem rarer to find a completed series than an ongoing one—authors are happy to chug along, racking up more than […]

There is a common practice in romance novels that I think science fiction and fantasy authors would do well to steal. Subsequent books in a romance series are often told from the point of view of someone who was a side character in the previous novel. The first book sets up the group—say, men who […]